LEBANON -- Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21 at the Partlow Funeral Chapel for Mr. Dyer, 69, of Lebanon.A retired Senior Ranger with the US Army Corp of Engineers and a member of College Hills Church of Christ, he died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the Centennial Medical Center.The son of the late James Edward Sr. & Floy Chapin Dyer, he was an avid outdoorsman, artisan and master craftsman. Visitation Wednesday, April 20 from 4 – 8 p.m. and again on Thursday one hour prior to the service.Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Cookeville City Cemetery; Dr. Larry Locke and Brother Jim Andrews, officiating. Survivors include: wife Judy Dyer; daughters Laura Dyer, Amy Dyer and Julie (Brian) McDonald; brother David C. Dyer; grandson James Silas McDonald and expected grandson Judah Breeze McDonald.Pallbearers: Robert Thurman, Brian McDonald, Tim Carver, Jeff Perry, Frank Massa, Mike Conley, Gerald Lee and Richard Graham. Honorary: members of the Jim Andrews Life Group of College Hills Church of Christ.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Compassion Center at College Hills Church of Christ and A New Leash on Life, PO Box 247 Lebanon, TN 37088-0247.Arrangments by Partlow Funeral Chapel, Lebanon.

MT. JULIET -- Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21 at Grace United Methodist Church for Mr. Kiernan, 74, of Mt. Juliet.He passed away April 18, 2011.Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 – 8:30 pm at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet and one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church.Services will be conducted by Pastor Ron Brown. Interment will follow at Middle Tennessee Veterans’ Cemetery.Survivors include: his wife of 52 years, Rosemarie Frisone Kiernan; children John Kiernan, Jr., Donna (Jim) Campbell, Kerry (Kim) Dubuque, Rosemarie (Phil) Mosca, Kathleen (Wilson) Matthews and Diane Kiernan.Also surviving are siblings Frank (Anne) Kiernan, Patrick (Connie) Kiernan and Mary (Rob) Nolan; and grandchildren Patrick Campbell, Kelly Campbell, Paul Dubuque, Philip Mosca, Andrea Mosca, Makenzie Matthews, Madison Matthews and Justin Matthews. Mr. Kiernan was preceded in death by parents, Francis and Helen Kiernan. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation at www.pbtfus.org.Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet.

LEBANON -- Mrs. Rose, 86, of Memphis and formerly of Lebanon passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at the Methodist Germantown Hospital in Memphis.She was born August 4, 1924, in Pontardulais, South Wales, United Kingdom, daughter of the late William Idris and Mary Evans Davies.She was a homemaker and a member of the Highland Heights Church of Christ.There will be a private service for the family at the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon with interment to follow at the Wilson County Memorial Gardens.There will be no visitation.Survivors include: children Dr. Graham Rose (Rebecca) of Manhattan, Kansas; Dianne Rose Laster (Dr. Robert) of Memphis; and Donna Rose Mousourakis (Ioannis) of Ringgold, Georgia.Also surviving: sister Brenda Evans Thomas of Cardiff, Wales, UK; grandchildren James Howard Rose, Sara Katherine Rose, Edward Graham Rose, Robert Christopher Laster, Pamela Jane Laster Finneran, Michael Graham Laster, John Steven Mousourakis, Maria Anna Mousourakis, Helen Erasmia Mousourakis Bellomo and Maira Dianne Mousourakis Murry; as well as four great grandchildren.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband James Howard “Jim” Rose on March 21, 1995; and a brother Graham Evans Davies.Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home, Lebanon, in charge of arrangements.